If you pick a butt load of blackberries would you run them through your crusher? Put them directly in the press and press the juice off? Thoughts?

No, they don't need to be crushed. I stick mine in the freezer until I have enough, and then just put them in big mesh bags and then ferment on them. When I remove them, after about 5 days, I just squeeze them out. They are pretty soft and there isn't much left of them.

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Run them through your crusher, macderate them overnight with pectinase than gently press in a fine bag, if you press to get every drop of juice out you mill get like 50% volume of sludge.When we are doing a lot of berries this is much easier than dealing with them in the primary. WVMJ

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Originally Posted by cwebb

If you pick a butt load of blackberries would you run them through your crusher? Put them directly in the press and press the juice off? Thoughts?